Access to decent, affordable housing is embedded in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, cities the world over are today faced with the challenge of housing not only their poorest citizens, but also of providing quality housing at a reasonable cost for low and middle-income populations. Recent reports estimate that if current trends persist, the global gap in affordable housing could grow to 440 million households by 2025. The lack of affordable housing is thus Read more..

India, like most major emerging economies, has been witnessing accelerating urbanisation. As per the census of India in 2001, about 72% of the population lived in rural areas, and 28% in urban areas. By 2011, these figures had changed to 69% rural population and 31% urban population. In fact, as per census 2011, for the first time since Indias independence, the absolute increase in population was more in urban areas than in rural areas. According to estimates, around 600 million people are Read more..